Short- and long-term patterns of 137Cs in fish and other aquatic organisms of small forest lakes in southern Finland since the Chernobyl accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-47

  Rask, Martti ^a   Saxén, Ritva ^b   Ruuhijärvi, Jukka ^a   Arvola, Lauri ^c   Järvinen, Marko ^d   Koskelainen, Ulla ^b   Outola, Iisa ^b   Vuorinen, Pekka J ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

137Cs; Asellus aquaticus; Chernobyl fallout; Crustacean zooplankton; Forest lakes; Freshwater fish

Indexed keywords

137CS; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; CHERNOBYL FALLOUT; CRUSTACEAN ZOOPLANKTON; FOREST LAKES; FRESHWATER FISHES;

FALLOUT; FISH; LAKES; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SEEPAGE;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DRAINAGE; ELECTROLYTE; FALLOUT; FOOD CHAIN; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PERCID; PLANKTIVORE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SALMONID; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEEPAGE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER RETENTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CRUSTACEA; FINLAND; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; NONHUMAN; PERCH; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER RETENTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; LAKES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ZOOPLANKTON;

FINLAND;

ASELLUS AQUATICUS; CRUSTACEA; ESOX LUCIUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PISCES;

EID: 80053176083     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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